Hearthpwn

Nice start!  Especially, like you said, with the rap that Warrior gets in arena.  I don't have a lot of experience with that class in arena, so I'll be living vicariously through you.  For the most part, your picks seemed pretty clear. You've got a great card curve, and a good mixture of taunt/card draw/removal, etc.   I do find it interesting that Grim Patron gets such a bad arena score while it tears up the constructed meta, but that just shows how dependent it is on combos.  Good luck the rest of the way! (BTW, I sent you a friend request, but I see you are in EU while I play in NA, so maybe it doesn't connect).

Your point about card draw is a good one. I just had what I thought to be the best Mage draft ever - multiple Fireball, Flamestrike, Polymorph, etc.... pretty much a dream deck.  Except I found myself blowing out early and praying for a top deck. I went 6-3 but, in better hands, it probably would have went much further. And if I had an Arcane Intellect or two, things might have been vastly different.

One thing you should be happy about is your rewards.  I believe you have 2 legendaries in 14 runs now? I have done many more runs than that over the last year, and I cant remember the last time I have pulled a legendary.  

I appreciate you keeping up with this thread. It's fun to follow along with the ups and downs all of us experience in the arena.

Like hintM mentioned, rogue decks have the ability to surprise and go far without having obviously awesome cards.  I am in the midst of a run now where I had what I figured to be a pretty average draft.  A couple of Eviscerates a couple of Deadly Poisons and not a whole lot else.  No legendaries, no Backstabs and no Assassinates.  I'm currently 8-1, and having a lot of fun playing the deck.  The trick with rogue is to use your weapons to keep the enemy minions off the board as long as you can, but know when it is no longer safe to trade your own health to do so.

One card that I've been absolutely loving is Dark Iron Skulker.  In arena, it's awesome to have what essentially amounts to a free Consecration.  You pulled one as well, and I'm betting you will find it extremely helpful.  At least 2 of my wins in this run can be directly attributed to putting him on the board around turn 5 and wiping out several enemy minions in one shot.  Good luck!

P.S.: Here's my current run if you want to have a look:  http://www.heartharena.com/arena-run/4994hs

Edit: right on cue, I lost the next 2 arena match ups, going 8-3, proving hintM was right - you can only go so far with an average rouge deck.

on a quick look, it seems like you did pretty well with what you had to work with. What jumps out is the Reincarnate pick at #17. You don't have enough deathrattle minions to really make it worthwhile, so it will likely be a dead card. Pray for your Piloted Shredder or use it to "heal" a wounded minion. Good luck!

Nice Deck!  I just pulled Mal'Ganis  the other day, don't have Lord Jaraxxus, and was hoping I could put him somewhere.  I was sick of running Zoo to finish any warlock dailies, so this is a great alternative. Thanks for posting it, and please keep us up to date as to how it's working for you.